Month: August 2021

How the White House could have looked: Renderings show rejected designs for the president’s home from a 1792 design competition run by George Washington George Washington held a competition in 1792 … Read More

Escape from Kabul: Diplomats flee US Embassy in Chinook helicopters as Taliban fighters reach outskirts of Afghan capital Helicopter – believed to be US Air Force Chinook – seen flying … Read More

As the pandemic recedes, if workers refuse an office return they may find their job is outsourced to India, warns restaurant tycoon LUKE JOHNSON By Luke Johnson, Restaurant Tycoon Published: … Read More

His wife says the first thing she does is hide the children. “Then I get up and go to the door to see what is going on. If there are … Read More

Taliban enter Kabul: Shots heard near presidential palace as extremists reach outskirts of capital but insist they ‘do not want to take city by force’ – HOURS after marauding Islamists … Read More

‘Drive-by gang’ gun down four people ‘including teenage girl’ in Camden: Armed police race to north London after shooters blast people in street at 10pm Four people in hospital with … Read More

Passengers enter the departures terminal of Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 14. Rahmat Gul/AP More than five dozen countries are urging “all parties” to safeguard the … Read More

A member of Afghan security force walks through a road in Panjshir province on Sunday. AHMAD SAHEL ARMAN/AFP via Getty Images After seizing much of the country in the last … Read More

Lads on tour? Head the other way: Inside the rustic country-estate five-star hotel on Mallorca miles from Magaluf that will leave you spellbound Zoetry Mallorca occupies buildings once owned by the … Read More